Soon after starting college at The New School for Jazz, Bello realized that with music as a career, he needed to create his own opportunities and success. With this knowledge, Bello started to post videos of his music to Instagram in 2018. Since then, he has grown a following of over 59k people who are eager to hear his original music. Through Instagram, Bello has met and recorded with multiple artists including, Teddy Swims, Austin Kolbe and many others.

Since the beginning of his musical journey, Bello has been bringing his comedic personality and unique style into everything he does. With each day, his goal is to make someone smile and this shines through with the music he plays and creates.

In this interview, taken during the NAMM Show in January 2020, we talked about:

How he’s built a large following on social media

How he makes the transition from the practice room to the stage

The best goal to have as a performer

His mindset for playing at jams

How to perform for your audiences

How he approaches altissimo – he shares the exact fingerings he uses

How he performs split tones

His latest single at the time, Candy

And so much more!

“It’s not how many notes you play, it’s how you play the notes” Augie Bello